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<br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />171 <br /> <br />ORDINANCE NO. 1974 - 34 <br /> <br />AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR A PLUMBING <br />CODE TO GOVERN MATERIALS, JOINTS AND <br />CONNECTIONS, TRAPS AND CLEANOUTS, INTER- <br />CEPTORS-SEPARATORS AND BACKWATER VALVES, <br />PLUMBING FIXTURES, HANGERS AND SUPPORTS, <br />INDIRECT WASTE PIPING AND SPECIAL WASTE, <br />WATER SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION, DRAINAGE <br />SYSTEMS, VENTS AND VENTING, STORM DRAINS, <br />PLUMBING INSTALLATION, AND STANDARDS FOR <br />MOBILE HOMES AND TRAVEL TRAILERS IN PARKS; <br />PROVIDING FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THIS <br />ORDINANCE; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN <br />CONFLICT HEREWITH; PROVIDING A SEPARABILITY <br />CLAUSE; ESTABLISHING PENALTIES FOR VIOLA- <br />TION; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. <br /> <br />BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF <br />SAN MARCOS, TEXAS: <br /> <br />Section 1. That there is hereby adopted by the City of <br />San Marcos, Texas, for thapurpose of establishing rules and <br />regulations governing the ~aterials, joints and connections, <br />traps and cleanouts, interc~ptors-separators and backwater <br />valves, plumbing fixtures, hangors and supports, indirect <br />waste piping and special wastes, water supply and distribution, <br />drainage systems, vents and venting, storm drains, plumbing <br />installation, and standards'for mobile homes and travel trailers <br />in parks, that certain plumbing code known as the "Southern <br />Standard Plumbing Code," baing particularly the 1971 Edition <br />thereof, now and is hereinafter amended, of which a copy of <br />said code has been and is now filed in the office of the City <br />Secretary of the City of San Marcos, and the same is hereby <br />adopted and incorporated as fully as if set out in full length <br />herein, and from the date of which this Ordinance shall take <br />effect, the provisions ther,eof shall be controlling in the <br />aforementioned specifications, materials and methods within <br />the corporate limits of the City of San Marcos, Texas, and its <br />extraterritorial jurisdiction, subject to the laws of the State <br />of Texas. <br /> <br />Section 2. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances <br />inconsistent with the terms of this Ordinance are hereby <br />repealed; provided, however, that such repeal shall be only <br />to the extent of such inconsistency and in all other respects <br />this Ordinance shall be cumulative of other ordinances regu- <br />lating and governing the subject matters covered by this Ordi- <br />nance. <br /> <br />Section 3. That if any section, clause, paragraph, <br />sentence, or phrase of this Ordinance shall, for any reason, <br />be held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such invalid section, <br />clause, paragraph, sentence, or phrase is hereby declared to be <br />severable and any such invalid or unconstitutional section, <br />clause, paragraph, sentence, or phrase shall in no way affect <br />the remainder of this Ordinance, and it is hereby declared <br />to be the intention of the Council that the remainder of this <br />Ordinance would have been passed notwithstanding the invalidity <br />or unconstitutionality of any section, clause, paragraph, <br />sentence, or phrase therof. <br /> <br />Section 4. That any person violating any provlslon of <br />this Ordinance within the corporate limits of the City of <br />San Marcos, Texas, or its extraterritorial jurisdiction, <br />subject to the laws of the State of Texas, shall be guilty <br />of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined an <br />amount not exceeding Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00). Each <br />day that such violation continues shall be a separate offense. <br />Prosecution or conviction under this provision shall never <br />be a bar to any other remedy or relief for violations of this <br />Ordinance. <br />